Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 141 149
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 +52
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 121 134 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.04% 1.72% 1.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.70% 3.61% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 68 89 193
10th Percentile £26,500 - £21,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £39,500 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.77% -4.21% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,266 3,712 4,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.04% 47.76% 35.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,447 1,549 3,012
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,688 £46,250 £36,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +9.52% +2.24%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent - 55 £28,000 - 6
Thames Valley -17 29 £35,000 +27.27% 27
Hampshire -26 23 £33,500 -31.28% 17
Buckinghamshire +5 11 £37,000 -26.00% 11
Berkshire -3 9 £33,500 +11.67% 14
East Sussex -8 9 £29,000 -64.85% 2
Oxfordshire -15 9 £28,500 +3.64% 2
West Sussex -4 4 £30,000 -1.64% 4
Surrey -33 1 £27,250 -63.67% 1
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Confluence
4 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (47.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.98%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (41.32%) AWS
3 34 (28.10%) Azure
4 10 (8.26%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.44%) GitHub
6 8 (6.61%) GCP
7 7 (5.79%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.13%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.13%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.65%) IaaS
11 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.83%) PaaS
11 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.88%) DNS
2 14 (11.57%) DHCP
3 12 (9.92%) Internet
4 11 (9.09%) Firewall
5 9 (7.44%) TCP/IP
6 7 (5.79%) LAN
6 7 (5.79%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (4.96%) VPN
8 5 (4.13%) Wireless
8 5 (4.13%) WLAN
9 4 (3.31%) SAN
9 4 (3.31%) VLAN
9 4 (3.31%) WAN
10 2 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.83%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.83%) NAS
11 1 (0.83%) PBX
11 1 (0.83%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.96%) Power BI
3 4 (3.31%) Power Query
4 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.65%) Metadata
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (11.57%) JIRA
2 9 (7.44%) Git
General
1 77 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.58%) French Language
3 32 (26.45%) Swedish Language
4 13 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.09%) Multimedia
6 9 (7.44%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.61%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.31%) Legal
10 3 (2.48%) Military
10 3 (2.48%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.65%) Finance
12 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.83%) Automotive
12 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (38.84%) Analyst
2 31 (25.62%) Service Analyst
2 31 (25.62%) Service Desk Analyst
3 27 (22.31%) IT Support
4 13 (10.74%) IT Engineer
4 13 (10.74%) Lead
4 13 (10.74%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 13 (10.74%) Team Leader
5 12 (9.92%) Senior
6 11 (9.09%) Support Technician
6 11 (9.09%) Trainee
7 10 (8.26%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (8.26%) IT Technician
8 8 (6.61%) Developer
8 8 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) Support Analyst
8 8 (6.61%) Support Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) Trainee Developer
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.40%) CSS
1 15 (12.40%) HTML
2 9 (7.44%) React
3 3 (2.48%) .NET
3 3 (2.48%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.31%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.48%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.48%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.65%) PKI
4 2 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.83%) CMDB
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.45%) Windows
2 16 (13.22%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.44%) Android
4 8 (6.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (5.79%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.13%) Linux
6 5 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.31%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.19%) ITSM
2 40 (33.06%) Customer Service
3 37 (30.58%) ITIL
4 31 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (20.66%) Performance Metrics
6 23 (19.01%) Mentoring
7 19 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.22%) Coaching
8 16 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (11.57%) Service Management
10 13 (10.74%) Conflict Resolution
10 13 (10.74%) Knowledge Management
11 11 (9.09%) Analytics
12 9 (7.44%) Process Improvement
13 8 (6.61%) CRM
14 7 (5.79%) Project Delivery
15 6 (4.96%) Business Continuity
15 6 (4.96%) Business Intelligence
15 6 (4.96%) Data Security
15 6 (4.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.40%) JavaScript
2 12 (9.92%) Python
3 11 (9.09%) SQL
4 7 (5.79%) C#
5 5 (4.13%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.31%) R
7 2 (1.65%) C
8 1 (0.83%) Bash
Qualifications
1 57 (47.11%) MCSE
2 55 (45.45%) Degree
3 42 (34.71%) AWS Certification
4 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 18 (14.88%) A+ Certification
6 15 (12.40%) Azure Certification
7 12 (9.92%) Security Cleared
8 11 (9.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 10 (8.26%) SC Cleared
10 8 (6.61%) DBS Check
11 6 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (4.96%) MCSA
12 5 (4.13%) CCNA
13 4 (3.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (2.48%) CISSP
14 3 (2.48%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (1.65%) OCP
15 2 (1.65%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.31%) QA
2 3 (2.48%) GDPR
3 2 (1.65%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (33.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.96%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.65%) XenApp
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.31%) QRadar
2 3 (2.48%) WSUS
3 2 (1.65%) Nessus
4 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.83%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) SCOM
4 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 115 (95.04%) Microsoft
2 31 (25.62%) ServiceNow
3 20 (16.53%) VMware
4 8 (6.61%) Apple
4 8 (6.61%) Google
5 4 (3.31%) Cisco
5 4 (3.31%) Dell
5 4 (3.31%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.65%) Citrix
6 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.65%) Juniper
6 2 (1.65%) Mitel
6 2 (1.65%) Oracle
6 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.65%) Veeam
7 1 (0.83%) Draytek
7 1 (0.83%) HP
7 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.83%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.83%) WatchGuard